Friday, March 31, 2006
Net neutrality showdown | CNET News.com
Democrats attack new bill over Net neutrality | CNET News.com
Democrats attack new bill over Net neutrality | CNET News.com: "WASHINGTON--Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday assailed a new telecommunications bill for allegedly failing to preserve Net neutrality principles."
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Politico rejects Net neutrality concerns | CNET News.com
Politico rejects Net neutrality concerns | CNET News.com: "The recent outcry over prospects for an Internet that favors some content over others is overblown, an influential congressman said Wednesday."
New Telephony - New Report Puts VoIP Sector Under the Microscope
New Telephony - New Report Puts VoIP Sector Under the Microscope: "We all keep hearing about VoIP and the impact it’s having on our familiar telecommunications world. Without a doubt, the technology has progressed more quickly than most observers had expected, and it continues to pick up speed. To go along with all the talk, there is a sizeable morass of numbers and metrics attempting to gauge the progress made by VoIP carriers. To add another perspective, New Paradigm Resources Group Inc. (NPRG) recently completed an in-depth look at the VoIP sector to add a micro-level understanding of this sector and the carriers comprising it."
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
New broadband bill draws fire | CNET News.com
New broadband bill draws fire | CNET News.com: "Internet companies including Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are protesting new federal legislation that would not strictly regulate how broadband operators can organize their network."
Internet Firms Want FCC to Enforce Net Neutrality
Internet Firms Want FCC to Enforce Net Neutrality: "Internet companies yesterday criticized legislation that would give the Federal Communications Commission only limited ability to stop phone and cable companies from blocking access to Web sites, saying the proposal would endanger the open nature of the Web."
Monday, March 27, 2006
Hughes Looking At Rural Internet
Hughes Looking At Rural Internet: "Hughes Network Systems LLC, a Germantown satellite service company trying to reposition itself after the sale of its DirecTV satellite television business, plans to announce a campaign today aimed at selling Internet access to small businesses and consumers in rural parts of the country."
Sunday, March 26, 2006
US telecom execs battle Net neutrality demands - Yahoo! News
US telecom execs battle Net neutrality demands - Yahoo! News: "Telecommunications providers like AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T - news) intensified their efforts this week to persuade US policymakers to avoid imposing regulations on the Internet for services like streaming movies and unfettered Web access."
Thursday, March 23, 2006
The next broadband battleground | Perspectives | CNET News.com
The next broadband battleground | Perspectives | CNET News.com: "Net neutrality in broadband networks has become a major public-policy debate. Every industry whose products or services can be digitized will be affected by the outcome, as tens of billions of dollars are at stake."
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Broadband Video: Standards Set for National Compatibility - Yahoo! News
Broadband Video: Standards Set for National Compatibility - Yahoo! News: "WASHINGTON-- The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and a group of broadband providers today announced a set of principles that would allow consumers to attach devices to broadband video networks."
» A tiered Internet is nothing new: and here's how VoIP call quality suffers | IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband | ZDNet.com
» A tiered Internet is nothing new: and here's how VoIP call quality suffers | IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband | ZDNet.com: "The big telecom and cable behemoths would love to charge high bandwidth services extra for fast service. One variation of this proposal would offer these services under a tiered rate structure where you would pay more money for preferential bandwidth. That's what Shaw Communications wants to do."
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Mergers, Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds - Dealbook - New York Times
Mergers, Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds - Dealbook - New York Times: "Talk of an imminent sale of Sun Microsystems to Google has been swirling around trading floors and Silicon Valley for more than a week. Shares of Sun, which has a partnership with Google to develop and distribute each other’s technology, spiked up about 4 percent last week as a result of the rumors. The speculation got even more legs after Google purchased Writely, a maker of a Web-based word processor that some people viewed as a product to be added to Sun’s StarOffice suite, which Google may help distribute. It’s also convenient that Eric Schmidt, Google’s chief executive, is the former chief technology officer of Sun."
Monday, March 13, 2006
Those Bell Mergers Are Giving Cable Companies Even More to Worry About - New York Times
Those Bell Mergers Are Giving Cable Companies Even More to Worry About - New York Times: "In the chess game between the cable companies and their nemeses, the Bell phone companies, the Bells may be gaining ground. Phone mergers — including AT&T's recent proposal to take over BellSouth — could give the Bells more power to cut prices, move faster into television and expand their advantage in the wireless market."
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Anonymous Source Is Not the Same as Open Source - New York Times
Anonymous Source Is Not the Same as Open Source - New York Times: "WIKIPEDIA, the free online encyclopedia, currently serves up the following: Five billion pages a month. More than 120 languages. In excess of one million English-language articles. And a single nagging epistemological question: Can an article be judged as credible without knowing its author?"
As Internet TV Aims at Niche Audiences, the Slivercast Is Born - New York Times
As Internet TV Aims at Niche Audiences, the Slivercast Is Born - New York Times: "ANDY STEWARD, a successful London computer consultant and sailboat racer, became exasperated when trying to watch his favorite sport on television. There were a few half-hour recaps of some major sailing races, but they were always shown late at night."
Friday, March 10, 2006
Google Acquisition Signals New Rivalry - New York Times
Google Acquisition Signals New Rivalry - New York Times: "Google Inc. said yesterday that it had bought the Silicon Valley start-up Upstartle, gaining its Writely Internet word processing software. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Writely lets users compose documents on the Web and share them with others, according to notes on Google's Web site yesterday."
Writely lets users compose documents on the Web and share them with others, according to notes on Google's Web site yesterday."
Amazon Considering Downloads - New York Times
Amazon Considering Downloads - New York Times: "Amazon.com is in talks with three Hollywood studios about starting a service that would allow consumers to download movies and TV shows for a fee and burn them onto DVD's, according to three people briefed on the discussion"
Thursday, March 09, 2006
AT& T Deal Raises Issue of Internet Control
AT& T Deal Raises Issue of Internet Control: "Consumer groups and big online brands say mega-deals such as the proposed AT&T purchase of BellSouth are creating a growing threat to the openness of the Internet by consolidating power in the hands of companies that provide access to the Web."
Sunday, March 05, 2006
AT&T Is Said to Be Near Deal for BellSouth - New York Times
AT&T Is Said to Be Near Deal for BellSouth - New York Times: "AT&T Corp. is planning to acquire BellSouth Corp., according to several people familiar with the negotiations who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the talks."
Hey Neighbor, Stop Piggybacking on My Wireless - New York Times
Hey Neighbor, Stop Piggybacking on My Wireless - New York Times: "For a while, the wireless Internet connection Christine and Randy Brodeur installed last year seemed perfect. They were able to sit in their sunny Los Angeles backyard working on their laptop computers."
Friday, March 03, 2006
Senate Bill to Address Fears of Blocked Access to Net - New York Times
Senate Bill to Address Fears of Blocked Access to Net - New York Times: "Senator Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon, will introduce new legislation today that would prohibit Internet network operators from charging companies for faster delivery of their content to consumers or favoring some content providers over others."
